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Determinants of Good Governance: Evidence from Some Selected Public Institutions in Jimma City

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The aim of the study was to assess the determinant of good governance evidence from some selected public institutions in Jimma city. Currently a challenge associated with good governance is unbearable due to several factors such as corruption, conflict, bureaucracy, and poor service delivery, educational level etc. For this reason, the study will be important to the public institutions to recognize about the determinant of good governance and help to correct their mistakes. Causal research design was employed using quantitative research approach. Both primary and secondary sources of data were applied. Percentage, frequency, Pearson correlation and multiple liner regression were employed to analyze the data through statistical package of SPSS version 20. The finding revealed that all predictors such as; educational level, corruption, bureaucracy, and conflict have found to be significant impact on good governance with p-value of 0.000 for former three predictors, and p-value 0.014 is for the later variable. Besides, the study concludes that educational level has positive, and corruption, bureaucracy, and conflict also have negative and significant impact on good governance. Finally, recommendation to public institutions and suggestions for other researchers forwarded.

DOI 10.11648/j.sjbm.20180606.11
Published in Science Journal of Business and Management (Volume 6, Issue 6, December 2018)
Page(s) 100-106
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Bureaucracy, Conflict, Corruption, Educational Level, Good Governance, Public Institutions

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